Day 1 (9 April 2011)
London, San Juan, Rio Abajo Forest
It's the first time I've flown with Virgin for 20 years and my expectations are high. It's therefore disappointing that the food is awful, the seats are old and the entertainment screens keep breaking. Worst of all, a member of staff is late which means I was sitting on the plane for two hours before it even takes off.
Most people get off the plane in Antigua, and following some security checks it takes off again for the final 50 minutes towards San Juan. After 13 hours, I've finally arrived in Puerto Rico.
Following a successful...
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Day 1 (12-13 November 2010)
London, Paris, Buenos Aires
I'm pleasantly surprised by Air France. Lots of leg room, half-decent food and friendly staff take me from Heathrow to Paris. There's a bit of a rush to make the connecting flight, but I make myself comfortable for the 12-hour journey to Argentina's capital. Susanne is with me, who I met a year ago, so it's a great way to start our trip across South America, by revisiting the city where we first met!
Day 2 (13 November 2010)
Buenos Aires
We wake in Argentina and quickly find the hotel, just a stone throw away from Av. 9 de Julio,...
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Days 1-6 (5-10 February 2010)
London, Dulles, Virginia
The eight hour flight with my two work colleagues to Washington DC flies by as Panos and I gulp down mini bottles of wine like they are shots of tequila. The British Airways crew are quite keen to join in the fun. When we're discussing the potential problems of driving in the snow, we say that an extra inch is going to make all the difference. "I couldn't agree more!" Quips the air hostess as she scuttles past...
Of the six British Airways flights to DC in the next 48 hours, ours is the only one which isn't cancelled. The snow storms...
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Days 1-2 (6-7 November 2009)
London, São Paulo, Buenos Aires
I've got that airport feeling again! I'm in an unusually quiet Heathrow Terminal Five and British Airways is offering me €600 and a free night in an airport, to fly tomorrow instead of this evening. The thought doesn't even cross my mind: In 15 hours I simply have to be in Buenos Aires, the starting point of my adventure to Patagonia.
I'm in for a surprise as my supposedly direct flight stops in São Paulo and refuels before the last few hours to Argentina. It's not quite another pin in the map, but I can't complain about an unexpected...
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Day 1 (6 December 2008)
London, New York
18 years ago, at the age of ten, I had my first holiday memory: I was standing on the top of the Empire State Building and I couldn't believe how small all the cars and people looked on the road far below. It affected me and I remember it like it was yesterday. Sure, I have glimpses of holidays at a younger age, but this moment really stuck in my mind. I've always promised to return, especially to see what parallels and differences there are between two of the greatest cities in the world.
The flight from Heathrow Terminal 5 to JFK Terminal 7 was a pleasure....
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Day 1 (18 October 2008)
London, Miami, Lima
I wake at 05.00 to the sound of three alarms. Twenty-five hours later I am crashing in a bed on the other side of the world. It's the furthest I've ever travelled and I've finally made it to South America!
I've already had a few moment of panic; my cards don't work in Miami International Airport and I've completely forgotten to bring documentation that proves I've had the yellow fever inoculation. HSBC sort me out with some dollars and soles (I dread to think how much that's gonna cost me) but my calls to the NHS are fruitless; there is no way of accessing...
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12th January 2008 - Washington DC
I'm sitting on a transatlantic flight reading American Psycho. Rather worryingly (and coincidentally), the fat American sitting next to me keeps speaking and grunting to himself and giving people aggressive stares. Fortunately, I survive the flight and land in Virginia. It's my tenth state but the first time I've been to the US since 1991 so I'm looking forward expand my photography into a new continent. However, I'm only in Virginia for about an hour as my real destination is another new state for me - the District of Colombia. I'm swiftly processed through...
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